They form one of the largest groups of the Dutch diaspora outside Europe.

At the 2021 census, 381,946 people nominated Dutch ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), representing 1.5% of the Australian population.

[2] At the 2021 census, there were 66,481 Australian residents who were born in the Netherlands.

[2] The history of the Dutch and Australia began with Captain Willem Janszoon, a Dutch seafarer, who was the first European to land on Australian soil (which he christened as New Holland) in 1606.

[2] At the 2021 census, there were 66,481 Australian residents who were born in the Netherlands.